SOGGY but smiling, volunteers set to work creating a garden at a care centre for disabled children. On Wednesday 12 volunteers braved downpours to spend the day working at the TOGs (Torfaen Opportunities Group) centre in New Inn, Pontypool. The centre
A FAMILY is furious that their disabled daughter is unable to go to school although the new term started three weeks ago. Lauren James, 11, from Willow Drive, Underwood, who has a rare condition called central core muscle disease, which means she needs
TWO areas of Gwent have some of the lowest rates of employment anywhere in Wales, it was revealed. The GMB union released a new study at the Labour party conference showing only Merthyr Tydfil has a lower employment rate than Blaenau Gwent and Caerphilly
VANDALS smashed the window of a van belonging to a dog charity volunteer while he was visiting the graves of his parents. The vehicle, clearly labelled as a charity van, was parked outside St Woolos cemetery in Bassaleg Road when vandals broke the passenger
MICHAEL Owen is back in a Newport Gwent Dragons jersey, his first appearance of the season after his British Lions tour, and the timing could hardly be better. For the Dragons have to grapple with the might of Leicester, twice European Cup winners and
CERI Sweeney is going to be the centre of attention tomorrow night when he starts his first game of the season for New-port Gwent Dragons in their Anglo-Welsh Powergen Cup showdown against mighty Leicester at Rodney Parade. Dragons coach Paul Turner has
PLANS for a bitterly opposed windfarm in Blaenau Gwent were withdrawn by the developers - but they still intend to submit another proposal, on a smaller scale, for the same site. Wind Energy Ventures first put in an application to Blaenau Gwent council
TRADING standards officers across Gwent are joining forces to fight a growing trend of counterfeit goods being traded in the workplace. Teams from Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen have all seen a rise in reports of the sale
HEART patients' experience of diagnosis and care at Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital will be transformed by its new cardiology unit, says one of its specialists. The first patients have been seen at the £5 million facility, successfully completing a three-year
Glamorgan's annus horribilis was completed on Monday night when Somerset won the MCC Spirit of Cricket Award at London's Albert Hall. For the first four years of its existence Glamorgan won that award but this year they were not even close to claiming
Mike Ruddock will be going head to head with one of his predecessors as Wales coach not only on the field in November, but off it in the race to capture the coveted IRB World Coach of the Year award. Ruddock's Welsh Grand Slammers will clash with Graham
A GWENT school teacher is facing financial ruin after claiming she had to bulldoze her dream home over fears it could collapse. Sara Thomas, 32, says she is facing a £100,000 bill to rebuild her dormer bungalow after fearing it could have collapsed. She
MORE than 300 mourners attended the funeral of a respected and well-known member of Gwent's gipsy community yesterday. Brynmawr was brought to a standstill for the funeral of 70-year-old Edwin Smith, known as Eddie, as he was taken on his last journey
A GWENT school teacher is facing financial ruin after claiming she had to bulldoze her dream home over fears it could collapse. Sara Thomas, 32, says she is facing a £100,000 bill to rebuild her dormer bungalow after fearing it could have collapsed. She
WORKERS at a Cwmbran factory staged a walkout yesterday over fears for their future. About 50 employees of Arvin Meritor took action because of a proposed multi-million-pound buyout of their department by an American company. They walked out after hearing
